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Propi-ietor^ 

Hotel Venoome, Boston, Jan. 20, '84. 
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INDEX 



Pagk. 

Annexed Towns 9 

Arlington street 13 

Arts and Sciences 37-41 

Back Bay 9 

Bostoa, Early History of . . . 7 

Boylston street 13 

Bridges • . . -11 

Business Exclin:!?: '8 .... . 49-"il 

Cemeteries 53-7 

Children's Ilosi^ital 1.5 

Churches .51 

Coaches 65-7 

Columbus avenue 13 

Coramouwcalth avenue .... 23 

Courts 51-3 

Everett, Edward, Statue of . . 21 

Ether Monument 2! 

Ferries . 57 

First Baptist Church 23 

Foreign Consuls 57 

Foreign Exhibition 1.5-17 

Fort Hill 9 

Glover, Gen. John, Statue of 23 

Hack Fares Go 

Halla 69-75 

Hamilton, Alex., Slatue of . . 23 

Herdica 67 

Horse Railroads 59-C3 

Hospitals 69 



Huntington avenue 

ilarkets 

Mass. Charitable Mechanics' 

Building 

Mill-Dam 5, 

National Banks 

Navy- Yard 

New England Manufacturers 

and Mechanics' Institute, 

etc 

Newspapers 

Paries, Squares, Statues, etc. . 

Post-Office 

Public Garden 

R.R. Depots 

Safe Deposit Vaults 

Savings-Banks 

Steamers (coastwise) 

Steamers (ocean) 

Sumner, Charles, Statue of . . 

Telegraph Offices 

Theatres 

Triuity Church 

Tiu^it Companies 

Veuclome Hotel 

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BOSTON, MASS. 



Edgestones set ; Streets, Places, PriYate Avenues, Sidewalks and all Kinds of 
Plain and Fancy Paving Done Proiptly. 

Particular attention given to the Construction of Horse Railroads. 

JOHN TURNER SCO., 
pAVE[(p AND C0MT1(A[IT0I(^, 

Room 6, Sears BiiiUii, 199 f asliiiiitoii Street, 

Wharf, Medford Street, Bunker Hill District. 
John Turner. Moses H. Libby. Benj. F. Reed. H. G. Turner. 



Boston, tli$ Back Bay, and th$ 



Fifty years ago — witliin the life-time of those who are 
now only in the prime of life — what is at present known as 
the •' Back Bay " was the a])0(le of the " peep,'' the curlew, 
and the bittern. Marshes constituted the larger portion of 
the real estate in this locality, while boats and vessels of 
quite a respectable tonnage skimmed across the glassy 
surface of an inland lake of no inconsiderable proportions. 
The original extent of this waste space was about GOO acres, 
all overflowed by the tide. Even as recently as 1850 it was 
a mere waste of flat, over which the tide, admitted through 
flood-gates in the Mill-dam, c\)h d and flowed as far up as 
Charles street. Within the niv-m jry of the writer, too, 
bathing was indulged in here by the lads of the South End. 

The City of Boston, it may ])e as well to state for the 
information of those whom this book is intended to reach, 
is the largest in Xew England, and second only to New 
York in the extent of its commerce. It is situated on the 
shores of ^Massachusetts Ba}', at the mouth of the Charles 
River, in hit. 42° 21' north, long. 71° 3' 52" west from 
Greenwich. The spot was fl_rst visited by Europeans in 



I 



BOSTON AND THK BACK BAT. 



1621, when a party of rilg-rims from Plymouth, ]Mass., 
entered the harbor, and wore so pleased with the charmmg 
beauty and unsurpassed seaboard facilities of the pkice, 
that they are said to have ver}' much regretted they had not 
made their settlement where Boston now stands. In or about 
the year 1623 the Rev. William Blackstone, an Episcopal 
clergyman, came over from C'harlestown, — there were, 
however, no bridges in those days, — and settled down upon 
what is now Louisburg square, on the western slope of 
Beacon Hill. Ilis proprietary right. to the whole peninsula 
of Boston was unquestioned, and, in fac't, was recognized 
officially. The first General Court vras held in 1030, while 
John Winthrop was the first governor elected l^y the colo- 
nists. A hundred years ago there were stately and sub- 
stantial dwellings, most of them detached, surrounded with 
lawns and trees. There were many quaint oul nooks and 
corners, taverns and inns, and stores designated by emblems 
and syml^ols. Altogether, there were some 2,000 buildings, 
four being of stone, of which King's Chapel now alone 
remains. It was then a jDear-shaped peninsula, two miles ..J 
long in its extreme length and about one broad. But now 
the original area has become trebled. The broad, oozy salt 
marshes, the estuaries and the bays, once stretching on all j 
sides, have been reclaimed, and what was then really tlie ^ 
" Neck" is now the widest. Few of the old historic land- 
marks remain, but with this loss it has gained greatly in other 
directions. Its odd, crooked streets have been untwisted 
and untangled, widened and straightened, and tlieir peculiar 



BOSTON AND THK BACK BAY. 



characteristics almost entirely efi'aced. Radical changes 
have been made in every direction, and, quaint and pictu- 
resque as old Boston undoubtedly was, the new Boston, with 
its wealth of magnificent buildings in the busy portion, its 
rows of elegant and costly residences on the Back Bay and 
kindred localities, its many stately structures (public and 
private) , make it the very finest in the whole country. One 
of the three hills (Fort Hill) has been cut down, the whole 
surface of the original ground has been levelled and graded, 
and every square inch turned over and over ; new territory 
has been added by the annexation of adjoining suburban 
cities and towns, — Roxbury, Charlestown, etc., — until now 
the area of the city (which was originally something less 
than 800 acres) with all its districts is 23,661 acres, or 36 ^ 
square miles, — about thirty times more than what it 
was at first, — made up as follows: South Boston, 1,002 
acres ; East Boston, 836 acres ; Roxbury, 2,700 acres ; Dor- 
chester, 5,614 acres ; West Roxbury, 7,848 acres ; Brighton, 
2,277 acres; Charlestown, 586 acres; Breed'^ Island, 785 
acres ; Deer Island, 184 acres. 

In this brief sketch, however, the writer desires to deal j 
more particularly with that portion of the city known as / 
the "Back Bay," comprising about seven and eight* 
hundred acres, between Charles, Beacon, and Tremont 
streets, and the old Roxbury boundary line, — a district by 
far the most aristocratic, and containing some of the hand- 
somest erections, in an architectural point of view, to be 
found anywhere in the country, amongst them being Trinity, 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY, 



new Old South, and First Baptist Churches ; the Yendomc, 
Brunswick, Berlveley, Cluny, Huntington, and Oxford Ho- 
tels, to say nothing of the long lines of really palatial pri- 
vate residences. The Mill-dam, whicli is now simply a ' 
continuation of Beacon street, was built in 1S21, at a cost of f^ 
somewhere about $700,000, by the Boston and Roxljur}' 
Mill Corporation. It extends across what Avas the * ' Western \ 
Bay," and is a mile and a half in length and seventy f.-ct vJ 
wide, originally enclosing some 600 acres of the flalL, 
which, in their season, were overflowed by the tide to the 1 
de^^th of from eight to ten feet. Sometime during 1850 the 
Legislature appointed three commissioners — Simon Green- 
leaf, Joel Giles, and Ezra Lincoln — to consider the matter 
of claims to the right of the water-power. This commis- 
sion, after a lengthy a:KT thorough investigation, came to 
the conclusion that the maintenance of the water-power as 
then arranged was antagonistic to many important publio 
interests, and that the very best thiiig to do with the receiv- 
ing-basin was to fill it up. The construction of wide streets 
and squares, and a perfect system of drainage, under the 
direction of the State, was also recommended. In 1857 ar- 
rangements were perfected between the various parties in- 
terested, for filling in the basin, as recommended. The 
contract for filling in and making this land was awarded 
Mr. Xorman C. Munson, of the firm of Goss & Munson, 
railroad contractors, who agreed to take their remuneration 
in land, they receiving 200,000 scpiare feet, and the State 
793,000. As fast as streets and lots were ready, they found 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 13 

a ready sale, being offered at public auction by bolli the 
State* and the Water Power Co. The work continued to 
last about twenty years, and the report of the State Auditor 
for 1866 shows that up to that date about 4,000,000 squ:ire 
feet of land had been tilled, at an average cost of 40^ cents 
per foot, and that 1,295,211 feet had been sold, at an average 
price of $1.77 per foot, thus leaving to the State a profit of 
$1,212,653. Mr. Munson received, in all, about $7,000,000 
for his work. By the report of the Harbor and Land Com- 
missioners, in 1880, it appears that the total number of 
square feet sold since 1857 was 2,084,931, the average price 
being $2.66 per foot. In 1867 the total belonging to the State 
was 4,723,998 feet, of which 314,740 have been given to the 
cit}^ and various public institutions, while 2,037,068 square 
feet have been devoted to streets, passage-ways, squares, 
etc. Up to last year the State Treasury had received 
$4,625,000 by the sale of these lands, and something more . 
than 250^00 feet are jet unsold. 

In 1843 an extension of Boylston street was made, and 
it was not until thirteen years later that Arlington street was 
laid out. The laying out of Columbus avenue, one of the 
finest thoroughfares in Boston, Avas commenced in 1869, 
and is already lined with handsome dwellings, fine family 
hotels, elegant stores, and several of the leading churches. 
It extends from Park square to Northampton street, a dis- 
tance of a mile and a lialf, the widtli, including sidewalks, 
being about one hundred and sixteen feet. Huntington 
avenue branches off at the corner of Bovlston, Clarendon, 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 1-5 

and Dartmouth streets, and extends in a south-v/esterly 
direction somewhere about a mile. It is not far from one 
hundred feet wide, and is a favorite speeding ground for not a 
few who own fast horses, a nice level stretch being met with 
after passing the Boston & Albany R.R. bridge. At },r.:sent 
but few buildings have been erected upon it, but those 
Avhich do exist are of the most imposing proportions and 
architectural beauties. The hotels Huntington, Cople}', 
and Oxford, all first-class apartment houses, have been 
recently erected. There is also the Children's Hosj^ital ; 
and all are fine specimens of architecture. Just over the 
railroad bridge, on the left-hand side, is one of the largest 
buildings in the city, that of the Massachusetts Charitable 
Mechanics' Association, which covers an area of more than 
110,000 square feet. It is built in the Renaissance style, of 
red brick, with sills and caps of freestone and terra-cotta 
ornamentation. At the "city end" rises an octagonal 
tower to the height of 90 feet; and here, also, is the 
entrance to the business offices, which are fitted up witli 
every convenience. The " grand hall,'' which will seat 
no less than 8,000 people on its floor and its balconies, is at 
the extreme westerly end of tlie structure, and contains one 
of the finest and most elegant organs in the whole of the 
United States. The first exhibition of industr}^ art, and 
skill in this building was held in the fall of 1881, and vras 
visited by about 37.3,000 persons. The last was tlie Foreign 
Exhibition, in which the arts, products, and manufactures 
of ev-ery nation on the face of the globe were represented. 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 17 

That it was not a financial success is no fault of the man- 
agement, but the indirect benefit to the city's trade cannot 
be overestimated. At the extreme present terminus of the 
avenue is the New England IManufacturers' and IMechanics' 
Institute Building. It was built during the year 188 1, and 
coA'ers an area of close upon five acres, the spat.'e available 
for exhibition purposes being eight acres. The interior 
construction of the main building is without partitions, so 
that a full view is obtainable from end to end. Two gal- 
leries, each 63 feet Mide, extend the whole length of the 
building, the height to the roof being 80 feet. Annual 
industrial exhibitions are held here, while during the sum- 
mer and a portion of the winter it is utilized as a source of 
amusement. At present it is used as a roller skating-rink, 
and is one of the best patronized pleasure resorts in the 
city. Cars run on the avenue from the Tremont House 
almost every five minutes. At present the above are the 
only permanent buildings on the avenue, but the probabil- 
ity is that in a very few years the now waste spots will be 
covered fully as thickly with handsome and stately dwell- 
ings as any other portion of the Back Bay. It was laid 
out in 1875, and the intention is to extend it to Tremont 
street. Highland District, a mile and a half farther than its 
present terminus. 

The western boundary of the Public Garden is Arlington f 
street, the whole of which territory at the beginning of thej 
present century consisted mainly of salt marshes and flats, | 
and was granted by the city to some rope- walk proprietors, \ 



BOSTON AND THE BVCK BAY. 19 

who had been burned out. Twenty-four years later an at- 
tempt was made by the City Government to sell the land for 
building purposes ; but on a vote of the j)eople being taken 
they decided not only not to sell it, but that it should not 
be used for the purposes of a cemetery. It lay idle for quite 
a number of years, and it was not until 1859 that the first 
steps were taken towards improving it for garden purposes. 
'Now, with its mossy sward, tastefully designed flower-beds, 
clumps of evergreens, neat gravel walks, fountains, electric 
lights, etc., it is one of the prettiest places in this country. 
Dotted here and there, in situations most appropriately 
chosen, are some of tlie choicest sj)ecimens in the way of 
statuary to be found anywhere in the United States. One 
of the prettiest is that of "Venus Rising from the Sea," the 
gift of the late J. D. Bates, consisting of a fountain, in the 
centre of Avhich a beautifully carved female figure in white 
marble is surrounded by fine spray. It is located in the 
vicinity of the Arlington-street entrance, near the central 
path, leading to Charles street, and is a most attractive ob- 
ject to all visitors. The most prominent feature in this line, 
however, is the equestrian statue of Washington, said to be 
the largest bronze work of its nature in this country. It 
represents the Father of our Country on horseback, mounted 
upon a pedestal sixteen feet high, while tlie statue itself 
measures twenty- two feet. It was cast in no less than four- 
teen jDieees, and was designed by the renowned sculptor, 
Thomas Ball. The contract was made originally in 1859; 
but, in consequence of the war, the casting was delayed, and 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 21 

it was not until the 3d July, ten years later, that it was 
placed* in position and unveiled. Not very far off is what is 
known as the "Ether Monument," a most beautiful piece. of 
sculpture in granite and red marble. It was given to the 
city by Thomas Lee, and bears upon one of its sides the 
following inscription : — 

" To commemorate 

the discovery 

That the inhaling of ether 

Causes insensibility to pain, 

First proved to the world 

at the 

Mass. Gen. Hospital, 

in Boston, 

October, A. D. mdcccxlvi." 

The statue of Edward Everett stands at about the middle 
of the Beacon-street side of the Gardens, and was put in 
place during the fall of 1867. The model was made by AV. 
W. Story in Rome, but the casting was performed in 
Munich. The well-known orator is reiDresented in a stand- 
ing position, with right arm extended and head thrown 
back. Facing this statue, on the extreme opposite side, 
stands that of Charles Sumner, — New England's model 
statesman, patriot, and orator, — its back turned on Boylston 
street. 

Over the centre of the pond or lake, so well known to 
Bostonians, has been thrown a bridge of unique pattern 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAT. 23 

and artistic beauty. It is of iron, with granite piers, and 
in summer-time is generally crowded by children and their 
nurses, and others, watching the many boats circling 
round the waters of the pond beneath. The scene any fine 
evening in June, July, or August, with the electric lights 
reflected in the water brighter than any moonbeams, and 
rendering the ^smallest object visible, the boats flitting 
about on the surface of the lake, coupled with the sweet 
scent of myriads of flowers, is one never to be forgotten b}' 
those fortunate enough to count it among their experiences. 

Commonwealth avenue, which extends for upwards of a 
mile and a half from the centre of the Public Garden on 
Arlington street, is one of the handsomest thoroughfares in 
this or any other city in the world. Both sides are lined 
with costly and palatial residences, while down the centre 
of the roadway is a strip, or grass plat, lined on either side 
with shade trees, while a wide gravel walk in the middle 
forms a cool and delightful promenade, having the advan- 
tage of being away from the noise and turmoil of the city. 
At brief intervals, too, comfortable settees have been 
placed for the convenience of weary pedestrians or loving , 
lads and lasses. 

Among the many prominent objects of interest on this 
magnificent avenue may be mentioned the statues of Alex- 
ander Hamilton and Gen. John Glover, and the First Baptist 
Church ; all of which, however, are too well known to resi- 
dents to need a description here. 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY, 25 

The Vendome. 

Situated in the centre of the Back Bay district is the 
Hotel Vendome, one of the finest, most comfortable, and 
best furnished hotels in the country, and, perhaps, in the 
whole world. Its site is charming and easy of access from 
all jmrts of the city ; in fact, no better locality could have 
been selected than that on wliich it stands, — corner of 
Commonwealth avenue and Dartmouth street. Its main 
front faces upon the former thoroughfare, extending for a 
distance of no less tlian 240 feet, while the frontage on 
Dartmouth street is 125 feet. It was built in 1880 by Mr. 
Charles Whitney, and cost over a million dollars. The 
architects were Messrs. J. F. Ober and Geo. D. Rand, — two 
gentlemen whose reputations are second to none, and 
whose names are a sufficient guarantee of excellency of 
design, comfort, and convenience of arrangement. As re- 
gards its external a^Dpearance, it is, without doubt, the very 
handsomest to be found anywhere. The front facing on 
Commonwealth avenue is of well-selected, almost milk-white 
Tuckahoe marble, that on Dartmouth street being Italian. 
The caps of both the doors and windows are most elabo- 
rately carved, and are really fine specimens of the sculptor's 
art. 

The building proper, which is six stories and a basement 
high, is surmounted by a Mansard roof, which, together 
with the three towers, are of wrought-iron, covered, how- 
ever, with slate. The main entrance to this vast estab- 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 27 

lishment is on Commonwealth avenue, the visitor having to 
ascend -an easy flight of marble steps, kept as clean and 
white as snow. Upon entering tlie rotunda the visitor 
finds himself in a spacious and high-studded apartment, 
decorated in a manner evidencing exquisite taste and skill. 
To the right is that inevitable and necessary evil of all 
hotels, tlie news-stand, so that guests have no neces- 
sity^ for leaving the hotel in order to obtain their morn- 
ing paper, periodicals, new publications, and circulating 
library ; neither are they dependent upon that ubiquitous, 
but " onsarten " individual, the newsboy. The floors are 
laid with encaustic tiling of original designs and colors. 
The ceilings, wiiieh are divided into panels, are frescoed 
most beautifully with Arabesques, the prevailing shade 
being olive, contrasting most harmoniously with the light- 
pink groundwork of the centres. The pillars and upright 
panels on the walls are excellent specimens of what is 
known as " light and shadow" work, in which transparent 
colorings are laid upon bronze, silver, and gold metallings, 
arranged in seeming confusion, but in such a manner as to 
avoid the predominance of any one color in particular. To 
the left is the private office of Col. J, W. Wolcott, the pro- 
prietor, fitted up in an appropriate manner, and divided 
from the main hall-way by a screen of carved cherry-wood, 
with cathedral glass lights. The ofl^ice, which is sit- 
uated to the left of the grand stair-way, is a perfect type 
of what an hotel oflSce should be, fitted up with 
every convenience for welcoming the arrival and 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 29 

speeding the departure of the numerous guests. The 
hidies"' e'ntrance is on Dartmoutli street, — a uniformed ser- 
vant being stationed here for the purpose of lending such 
assistance as may be necessary in the way of opening car- 
riage doors, etc. The stejos here again are of white mar- 
ble, Avith easy-swinging, yet close-siiutting doors. Just in- 
side is the reception suite for ladies, consisting of three 
drawing-rooms, lurnislied in tlie most elegant and com- 
plete manner, — the windows being hung witli handsome 
silk-plush curtains, which harmonize most completely with 
tlie other furnishin2:s, — the effect of the whole bein<2: rich 
in the extreme, yet subdued, and in no way outre. Upon 
the opposi'e side of the rotunda is the gentlemen's reading 
and smoking room, — a pleasant, well-lighted apartment, 
finished in oak panellings, and with an open wood fire- 
j)lace of antique pattern. The monotony of the walls is 
broken by several oil paintings, chief among which is one 
representing the entombment of a nun who has been found 
guilty of breaking her vows, which was shown at the 
Foreign Exhibition last fall, and was the object of general 
interest and admiration. There is also to be found here a 
number of large maps of the chief cities and towns in the 
United States, from the very latest surveys, — an item of 
information not found in every hotel, and one not to be 
overlooked. The chief dhiing-hall is as handsome an 
apartment of its kind as can be found in any hotel in this 
or an}' other country. It is most elaborately decorated 
with rich carvings in mahogany and cherry-wood. On the 



BOSTON^ AND THE BACK BAY. 31 

ceiling are specimens of some of the yery best efforts of 
tlie well-known and renowned, decorator, Haberstroh, — 
both design and coloring being of a most pleasing type, 
giving an appearance of light and warmth to the whole 
room, as it were. Costly mirrors adorn the walls at regular 
intervals. Three Imndred and fifty individuals can be 
dined here at one time. The serving-rooms, pantry, and 
kitchen are on the same floor, and are models of con- 
venience and cleanliness, being fitted up with arrange- 
ments of the latest invention and most approved pattern. 
The cooking apparatuses are of the very best descri^^tion, 
— the Avhole being under the direction of an able and 
experienced chef, who is aided by a large number of 
assistants. Quite a feature in connection with the culinary 
department is the ingenious arrangement of flues and 
pipes, by means of Avhich all the hot air and unpleasant 
odors are carried to the very top of the building, and so 
complete is tlie system that even in the kitclion itself a 
blind man would have but very slight evidence that cooking 
operations were being carried on. 

A private suite on this floor, for distinguished visitors, is 
worth}' of notice. It consists of recciDtion-room, parlor, 
chamber, and dining-room, all famished in the most 
elegant and complete manner possible, the cliamber espe- 
cially being a marvel of comfort and good taste. The 
windov/s of the dining-room look out upon the walls of the 
light-well, which, by the exercise of the artist's skill, are 
made to represent the interior of an exotic conservatory. 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 33 

palms and ferns being delineated on the canvas Avitli most 
realistic and charming effect. This suite can be entirely 
cut off from the other portions of the house, and guests 
occupying it can be as secluded here as they would be in a 
private residence. 

But the writer has already exceeded the space allotted 
him, and a general description of tlie other portions of the 
house is alone possible. Each of the six upper stories 
contains seventy rooms, arranged so as to be used singly or 
in suites, each suite having bath-room, clothes-closets, etc., 
connected M'ith it. The plumbing-work and arrangements 
for securing j^erfect ventilation are almost marvellous, 
ever}^ improvement to secure health and comfort liaving 
been introduced. Xo open basins are to be found in the 
chambers, all being shut off in the closets adjoining. Open 
fireplaces — Wellington patent — are found in every room, 
together with steam radiators, which latter serve the 
dou]:)le purpose of supplying Marmth and ventilation. Of 
Colonel Wolcott, the jDroprietor and manager, it is almost 
needless to say anything. His rei)utatii)n is not confined to 
this city, or this countrj^ even. It is, in fact, world-wide : 
and the fame of the Vendome, under his directorship, is 
steadily on the increase. He it was, too, who opened and 
improved the Brunswick Hotel, and made its reputation. 
The terms for guests range from $5 per day upwards ; but 
suites can be leased by the year or otherwise. 

Boston, indeed, has many public buildings worthy of 
notice. Among those that are remarkable for architectural 



BOSTON AND THE BACK BAY. 35 

beauty and grandeur are the United States Post-Office, 
Trinity Ciiureh, the Museum of Fine Arts, Cathedral of 
the Holy Cross, English High and Latin School, New Old 
South, etc. 

From the very first Boston has been noted for its com- 
merce. Eight lines of railway connect it with the interior 
and the West, and sailing vessels and steamers run from 
her magnificent harbor to all parts of the world. It is also 
a great manufiicturing centre, its industries being varied, 
important, and of considerable magnitude. 

In concluding this necessarily brief sketch of Boston the 
writer would wish it understood that he lays no claim to 
literary excellence. His aim has been, solely and simply, 
to lay before the thousands who he expects will peruse this 
book a concise statement of the newest and most impor- 
tant improvements; and in this aim he considers he has 
been fairly successful. 



Directory. 



ARTS AND SCIENCES. 

Boston Museum of Fine Arts. — Corner of Dartmouth 
street and St. James avenue. Open daily; on Mondays, at 
noon, and other days from 9 A.M. till sunset. Saturdays, 9 
A.M. to 5 P.M. ; and Sundays, 1 to 5 P.M., when there is no 
charge for admission. Other times, 25 cents admission. 

American Academy of Arts and Sciences. — Athenasura 
building, Beacon street. Founded in 1780; president, Prof. 
Joseph Lovering. 

Boston Society of Natural History. — Between Bojdston 
and Newbury, on Berkeley street. Open to the public Wednes- 
days and Saturdays. 

Warren Museum of Natural History. — No. 92 Chestnut 
street. Visitors should apply to Dr. J. Collins "Warren, 58 
Beacon street, or Dr. Thomas Dwight, 70 Beacon street. 

Handel and Haydn Society. — Founded in 1815, and now 
consists of about six hundred voices. Conductor, Carl Zerrahn ; 
organist, B. J. Lang. The head-quarters are in Rlusic Hall 
building, and rehearsals take place in Bumstead Hall. 

Harvard Musical Association. — Founded in 1837. John 
S. Dwight, president. 



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Apollo Club. — B. J. Lang, musical director. Private 
weekly Tehearsals, at 151 Tremont street. Its concerts are 
generally given in Music Hall. 

Boylston Club. — For males only. Geo. L. Osgood, director. 

Other Musical Societies are the Arlington, Cecilia, Or- 
pheus, Philharmonic, Symphony, Lotus Glee Club, Harugari, 
Liederkranz, St. Michael's, Roxbury Miinnerchor, and South 
Boston Liedertafel. 

Harvard Dental School. — No. 50 Allen street. Dr. T. H. 
Chandler, the dean, has an office at No. 74 Commonwealth 
avenue. 

Harvard Medical School. — North Grove street. There 
are now two hundred and forty-one students, and forty-three 
instructors. Dean, Dr. Calvin Ellis. 

Boston University. — This includes the College of Music, 
in Music Hall building; School of Theology, 36 Bromfield 
street; School of Law, 36 Bromfield street, and tlie School of 
All Sciences, on Somerset street. 

Boston University School of Medicine. — Open to both 
sexes. Situated on East Concord street. The dean of the 
school and professor of surgery is I. T. Talbot, M.D., 06 Marl- 
borough street. 

Boston College. — Next tlie Church of the Immaculate 
Conception, on Harrison ave. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. — Founded in 
1861, and situated on Boylston street, at the corner of Clar- 
endon street. 

Massachusetts Normal Art School. — Washington street, 
South End, in what was previously known as the " Deacon 
House." 



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New England Conservatory of Music. — St. James' Hotel, 
East Newton street. Prof. Eben Tourjee, Director. 

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. — Franklin School 
building, Washington, near Dover street. 



BRIDGES. 

Broadway Bridge, to South Boston, over Fort Point Channel. 
Cambridge Bridge, from Boston to Cambridge. 
Canal, or Craigie's Bridge, Leverett street to East Cam.- 
bridge. 

Charles-river Bridge, Charlestown street to Charlestown. 

Chelsea Bridge, Charlestown to Chelsea. 

Chelsea-street Bridge, East Boston to Chelsea. 

Commercial Point Bridge. 

Congress-street Bridge, over Fort Point Channel. 

Dover-street Bridge, to South Boston. 

Essex-street Bridge, Brighton to Cambridge. 

Federal-street Bridge, to South Boston. 

Granite Bridge, Dorchester to Milton. 

Maiden Bridge, Charlestown to Everett. 

Meridian-street Bridge, East Boston to Chelsea. 

Mt. Washington-avenue Bridge, to South Boston. 

Neponset Bridge, Dorchester to Quincy. 

North Beacon-street Bridge, Brighton to Watertown. 

Prison-Point Bridge, Charlestown to East Cambridge. 

Warren Bridge, Beverley street to Charlestown. 

West Boston Bridge? Cambridge street to C nibridgeport. 

Winthrop Bridge, Breed's Island to Winthrop. 



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BANKS. 

There are in Boston fifty-nine National Banks, the names 
and location of which are as follows : — 
Atlantic, cor. Kilby and Doane streets. 
Atlas, 8 Sears' Building. 
Blackstone, 133 Hanover street. 
Blue Hill, Washington street, Dorchester. 
Boston, Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s Building. 
Boylston, G16 Washington street. 
Broadway, 43 Milk street. 
Bunker Hill, 121 City square, Charlestown. 
Central, 121 Devonshire street. 
Columbian, G5 State street. 
Continental, 51 Summer street. 
Eliot, Mutual Life Insurance Building. 
Everett, N.E. Life Insurance Building. 
Faneuil Hall, 3 South Market street. 
First, 17 State street. 
First Ward, 1 Winthrop Block, E.B. 
Fourth, 34 Blackstone street. 
Freeman's, 111 Summer street. 
Globe, 40 State street. 
Hamilton, GO Devonshire street. 
Howard, 19 Congress street. 
Lincoln, 150 Devonshire street. 
Manufacturers', 88 Summer street. 
Market, 8G Summer street. 
Massachusetts, GO Congress street. 



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Maverick, 50 Water street. 

Mechanics', 115 Dorchester avenue. 

Merchandise, Mason Building. 

Merchants', 28 State street. 

Metropolitan, 4 Post-Office square. 

Monument, Thompson square, Charlestown. 

Mount Vernon, 13 Franklin street. 

National Bank of Commerce, 9 Sears' Building. 

Bank of the Commonwealth, cor. of Devonshire and 
Water streets. 

Bank of North America, 106 Franklin street. 

Bank of Redemption, 85 Devonshire street. 

Bank of the Republic, Mutual Life Insurance 
Building. 

City, 61 State street. 

Eagle, Mutual Life Ins. Building. 

Exchange, 28 State street. 

Hide & Leather, 70 Federal street. 

Market of Brighton, Market street, Brighton. 

Revere, 100 Franklin street. 

Rockland, 2343 Washington street. 

Security, 79 Court street. 

Union, 40 State street. 

Webster, N. E. Life building. 
New England, 67 State street. 
North, 109 Franklin street. 
Old Boston, 48 State street. 
Peoples', 114 Dudley street. 
Second, 199 Washington street. 
Shawmut, 60 Congress street. 



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Shoe & Leather, 150 Devonshire street. 

State,. 40 State street. 

Suffolk, GO State street. 

Third, 8 Congress street. 

Traders', 91 State street. 

Tremont, corner State and Congress streets. 

Washington, 47 State street. 



SAVIXGS-BANKS. 

Boston Five-Cents, 38 School street. 

" Penny, 1371 Washington street. 
Charlestown Five-Cents, Thompson square, Charlestown. 
East Boston, 16 Maverick square. 
Eliot Five-Cents, 114 Dudley street. 
Emigrant, 590 Washington street. 
Franklin, 20 Boylston street. 
Home, Tremont, cor. Boylston street. 

Institution for Savings in Roxbury and vicinity, 2343 Wash- 
ington street. 

North End, 57 Court street. 

Provident, 3G Temple place. 

South Boston, 3G8 Broadway. 

Suffolk,' 47 & 49 Tremont street. 

Union Institute for Savings, 37 Bedford street. 

Warren Institute for Savings, 25 Main street, Charlestown. 



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TRUST COMPANIES. 

American Loan & Trust Co., 55 Congress street. 

Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 87 Milk street. 

International Trust Co., 45 Milk street. 

Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co., 50 State street. 

Massachusetts Loan & Trust Co., 18 Post-office square. 

New England Trust Co., 85 Devonshire street. 



SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS. 

Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 87 Milk street. 
Security Safe Deposit Co., 67 Milk street. 
Union Safe Deposit Vaults, 40 State street. 



BUSINESS EXCHANGES. 

Board of Trade, 53 State street. 

Commercial Exchange, 53 State street. 

Fish Bureau, 176 Atlantic avenue. 

Furniture Board of Trade, 7 Exchange place. 

Mining & Stock Exchange, 53 State and 11 Exchange place. 

Produce Exchange, rotunda of Faneuil Hall. 

Shoe & Leather Exchange, 44 & 48 Hanover street. 

Stock & Exchange Board, room 1, 13 Excliange place. 

Massachusetts Fish Exchange, 65 Commercial wharf. 

Mechanics' Exchange, 35 Hawley street. 



DIRECTORY. 51 

New England Furniture Exchange, 174 Hanover street. 

New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, John 
F. Wood, treasurer, 38 Hawley street. 

New England Museum Exchange, 48 Mason building. 

New England Shoe and Leather Association, 79 to 87 Bed- 
ford street. 



CHURCHES. 

The total number of churches in Boston is 223, divided among 
the various sects as follows : Baptist, 27 ; Catholic Apostolic, 1 ; 
Christian, 1; Congregational Trinitarian, 29; Congregational 
Unitarian, 30; Deaf -Mute Society, 1; Episcopal, 23; Freewill 
Baptist, 2 ; French Society, 1 ; Friends, 1 ; Jewish, 8 ; Lutheran, 
5 ; Methodist, 4 ; Methodist Episcopal, 28 : New Jerusalem, 2 ; 
Presbyterian, 7 ; Reformed, 1 ; Roman Catholic, 30 ; Second 
Advent, 3; Union, 9; Universalist, 11. 



COURTS. 

U.S. Circuit Court. — Court-House, 140 Tremont street. 
Terms : May 15, October 15. Rule day : First Monday of every 
month. 

U.S. District Court. — Court-House, 140 Tremont street. 
Terms : Third Tuesday in March, fourth Tuesday in June, 
second Tuesday in September, first Tuesday in December. 

Supreme Judicial Court. — Court-House, Court square. 
Terms : First Tuesday in April and second in September. Law 



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term for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : First Wednes- 
day in January. 

Superior Court. — Court-House, Court square. Civil Sessioij : 
First Tuesday m January, April, July, and October. Criminal 
Sesson on first Monday of each month. 

Courts of Probate and Insolvency. — No. 28 Court square 
and 32 Tremont street. Terms of Probate Court : Every Mon- 
day, except the first, second, and fourth in August. Terms of 
Court of Insolvency : Friday in each week except in the month 
of i\.ugust. 



MUNICIPAL, COUKT. 

City Proper Court-House. — Court square. Terms: Civil, 
every Saturday, at 9 A.M., for the return and entry of civil 
actions not exceeding $1,000. For criminal business : Every 
day, 9 A.M., except Sundays and legal holidays. 

South Boston. — Dorchester street, corner of Fourth. 

Dorchester. — Field's Corner. 

Brighton. — Old Town Hall. 

Roxbury District. — Roxbury street. 

East Boston. — Meridian street. 

West Roxbury. — Seaverns avenue, Jamaica Plain. 

Charlestown. — City Hall. 



CEMETERIES. 

Cedar Grove. — Situated in Dorchester, between Adams, 
Milton, and Granite streets. 



DIRECTORY. 55 



Mount Hope. — AYalk Hill street, West lioxbury. 

Evergreen. — Near Chestnut-Hill reservoir, Brighton. 

Mt. Auburn. — Near the Fitchburg depot, at Mt. Auburn. 

Woodlawn. — Everett. 

Forest Hills. — Morton street, Jamaica Plain. 

Mt. Calvary. — Mt. Hope street, near Canterbury, West 
Roxbury. 

Gethsemane. — Brooks Farm, Baker street, West Roxbury. 

East Boston. — Swift, corner of Bennington street. 

St. Augustine. — South Boston. ' 

Catholic. — Circuit street, Roxbury. 

Warren. — Kearsarge avenue, Roxbury. 

Roxbury. — Washington, corner of Eustis street. 

Hand-in-Hand. — Grove street, West Roxbury (Jewish). 

Mt. Benedict — Arnold street, West Roxbury. 

King's Chapel Burying-Ground. — Tremont, near School 
street. 

Granary Burying-Ground. — Tremont str<'ct, oj)posite 
Bromfield. 

Central Burying-Ground. — Common, corner of Boylston 
street. 

Copp's Hill Burying-Ground. — Corner Charter and Hull 
streets. 

Codman Burial-Ground. — Norfolk street, Dorchester. 

Dorchester Old Burial-Ground. — Corner of Stoughton and 
Boston streets, Upham's Corner. 

South Burial-Ground. — Dorchester avenue, near Codman 
street. 

Old Catholic. —Off Norfolk street, Dorchester. 



DIRECTORY. 57 

Bunker-Hill Burial-Ground. — Bunker Hill, Charlestown 
District. 

Old Burial-Ground. — Phipps street, Charlestown. 

South Burial-Ground. — Corner Washington and East 
Newton streets. 

Israelitish. — Wordsworth, corner Homer street, E.B. 



FERRIES. 

Chelsea Ferry. — Foot of Hanover street. Fare, 3c. 
East Boston Ferries. — North, foot of Battery street. 
South, foot of Fleet street. Fare, 2c. 



FOREIGN CONSULS. 

Argentine Republic and Austria-Hungarian, Arthur Donner, 
70 State street, room 2 ; Belgian and Brazilian, C. S. Gill, 
113 Milk street; British, C. A. Henderson and W. H. Stuart, 
13 Exchange place; Costa Rica, S. W. Dewey, 45 Kilby street; 
Danish, E. C. Hammer, 113 Milk street; Dominican, E. M. 
Fowle, 34 India Wharf; French, Lucien Carissan, 17 Battery- 
march street; German Empire, S. B. Schlesinger, 6 Oliver 
street; Greek, J. M. Rodocanachi, 13 Kilby street; HaAvaiian, 
Lawrence Bond, 55 Congress street; Haytien, B. C. Clark, 55 
Kilby street; Italian, Jose M. Aguayo, 4 Post-OfSce sq., room 
17; Mexican, E. A. Adams, 115 State street; Netherlands, G. 
Lootz, 113 Milk street, and Swedish and Norwegian; Peruvian, 
M. Crosby, 92 Stats street; Turkish, Oscar lasigi, 30 Kilby 
street, room 18; Uruguay, Arthur Carroll, 34 India Wharf; 
Venezuela, D. F. Hunt. 



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HORSE-RAILKOADS. 

Highland Street Railway. — Office, 827 Shawmut avenue. 
Cars run every five minutes, via Temple place, to Grove Hall 
and Dudley street; via Cornhill, to Warren street, Mt. Pleas- 
ant, and Blue Hill avenue, every five minutes ; via Columbus 
avenue, every three minutes ; via Columbus avenue, to Boston 
and Maine depot, every ten minutes ; via Hampden street, to 
Oakland Garden, every fifteen minutes ; via Shawmut avenue, 
from Maine depot to Oakland Garden, every twenty minutes. 
Coaches from Grove Hall to Mt. Hope Cemetery every hour 
during summer afternoons. 



Metropolitan Railroad. — Office, 16 Kilby st. 

Norfolk House everv 10 minutes. 



Mt. Pleasant 

Upham's Corner ..... 

Warren street 

Tremont street 

" " & depot!- 

East Boston Ferry 

Atlantic avenue 

Forest Hills 

Egleston square 

Beacon street 

Huntington avenue . . . 

West End 

Brookline 

Jamaica Plain 



10 
10 

8 

3 
15 

7 
15 
30 
10 

5 
15 
10 
10 



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Metropolitan Railroad, continued. 

*' • Dorchester and Grove Hall. . .every 15 minutes. 

" Meeting-House Hill " 30 '' 

" Field's Corner " 30 " 

" Chelsea, rm East Boston " 7 " 

" " Ferry " 15 " 

CARS HEAD OF MILK STREET. 

« Field's Corner " 10 " 

" Washington Village " 15 " 

" Milton Lower Mills " 30 " 

South Boston Railroad. — Office, 715 Broadway. 

" From Brattle street .....every 5 minutes. 

'* " Providence depot, via 

Dover street *' 10 " 

" Between Northern and Southern 

Depots " 10 " 

Middlesex Railroad. — Office, 27 Tremont Row. 

" To Franklin street, E. Somerville, every 10 minutes. 

" " Bunker Hill " 10 " 

" *♦ Maiden and Everett " 30 " 

" " Union square, Somerville.... " 15 " 
" " Winter Hill " 20 " 

Night-car to Charlestown Neck leaves foot of Cornhill on the 
half-hour. 

Cambridge Railroad. 

To Brighton every 15 minutes. 

*' Harvard square, via Main street " 5 " 



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Cambridge Railroad, continued. 

To Harvard square, via Cambridge every 30 minutes. 



" and Providence depot, 

Prospect street 

North avenue 

East Cambridge 

Fresh pond and Mount Auburn 

West Sonierville 

Spring street 

Arlington 

Watertown 

Newton 



10 
15 
10 
15 
15 
30 
10 
GO 
15 
30 



Charles River Railroad. 

From Bowdoin square to Porter's station every 20 minutes. 
" '* " Cambridgeport, " 30 " 

" " " Somerville " 30 " 

" Park square to Somerville " 20 " 

Lynn and Boston Railroad, Office 13 Tremont Row, Passen- 
ger Station 71 Cornhill. 

To Lynn, via Charlestown every GO minutes. 

" Chelsea rm " " 10 " 

" Peabody " GO " 

Coaches connect with Washington avenue cars for Woodlawn 
Cemetery. 

To Revere Beach, from June 1 to Oct. 1, every 30 minutes. 



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COACHES. 

Citizens' Line Coaches. — Run from Northampton street, 
South End, to Salem street, Charlestown Neck, via Washington, 
Court, Green, Leverett, Causeway, Warren bridge and Main 
street. Fare, 5 cents ; six tickets for 25 cents. 



HACK FARES. 

For Adults. — From one place to another in the old portion 
of the city. East Boston, South Boston, and Roxbury, 50 cents 
for each passenger, and as much more for every addition;il 
passenger. For one adult, from any point south of Dover street 
and west of Berkeley, to any place north of Saite, Court, and 
Can)bridge streets (or return), $1 for each passenger, or for two 
or more, 50 cents each. From any place north of Essex and 
Boylston streets, to any place in Roxbury north of Dudley 
street, or Roxbury street between Eliot square and Pynchon 
street, and east of Tremont street from the Providence railroad- 
crossing and the Brookline line, $2; two passengers, $1 each; 
three or more, 75 cents each. From any place south of Essex 
and Boylston streets, and nortli of Dover and Berkeley streets, 
to any place in Roxbury (or return), $1 50; two passengers, 87 
cents each; three, 75 cents eacli ; four, 62^ cents each. From 
any place south of Dover and Berkeley streets, to any place in 
Roxbury (or return), $1 ; two, 75 cents each; three or more, 50 
cents each. From any point north of Essex and Boylston 



DIRECTORY. 67 

Streets, to any place in Roxbury south of Dudley street, and 
Roxbury street between Eliot square and Pynchon street, and 
west of Tremont street from the Providence crossing and tlie 
Brookline line, §2.50; two, $1.25 each; three, $1 each; 
four, 75 cents each. To South and East Boston, from the old 
portion of the city, §1 ; two or more, 75 cents each. To Dor- 
chester, $1 ; 50 cents for each additional passenger. From the 
old portion of the city to Dorchester, north of Centre street, $3 ; 
two, $1.75 each; three, $1.25 each; four, $1 each. From the 
old portion of the city to any point south of Centre street, Dor- 
chester, $4j two, $2.25; three, $1.62; four, $1.25 each. 



HERDTCS 

May be found at all the depots and chief hotels, the rates 
charged being as follows : One or more passengers, within the 
city proper, north of Dover and Berkeley streets, 25c. each; 
one or more passengers, within city proper, south of said streets, 
35c. each, or $1 for three or four persons. These cabs may be 
hired, also, at 75c. per hour; two or more passengers, $1. 



PEOPLE'S LINE COACHES. 

From Summer street, Boston, to Inman square, Cambridge, 
every ten minutes, from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. 



DIRECTORY. 69 



HOSPITALS. 

Massachusetts General. — Blossom street. Free. Patients 
admitted from all parts of the United States and Canada. 

City Hospital. — Harrison avenue, off East Worcester square. 
Applications for admission of patients may be made any day in 
the week, Sundays excepted, between 9 and 11 A.M. Accidents, 
etc., received at all hours. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and 
Saturdays are visiting days. Free to those who are unable to 
pay. 

Massachusetts Homoeopathic. — East Concord street. Open 
for general medical and surgical diseases. There are several 
free beds, and convenient rooms for those able to pay. 

Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. — 
Charles street. Free to patients from all parts of this country 
and the British Provinces. 



HALES. 

Boston Music Hall. — Built 1852. Entrances on Central 
court and Hamilton place (opposite Park-street Church). Seat- 
ing capacity, 2,585. The great organ, built near Stuttgart, Ger- 
many, and containing 5,474 pipes, is one of the largest and 
finest in existence. Beneath the large hall is a smaller one, 
called Bumstead Hall, principally used by the Handel and 
Haydn Society for rehearsals. 



DIRECTORY. 71 



Tremont Temple. — The original building Avas destroyed by- 
fire in 1879, and the present hall, one of the best in the country, 
was erected in the year following. Seating capacity, 2, GOO. 
Beneath the main hall is the Meionaon, which will seat 1.000. 

Mechanics Hall. — Corner of West Newton street and 
Huntington avenue, in the building of the Massachusetts 
Charitable Mechanics Association. It is one of the largest in 
the world, having a seating capacity of 8,000. The foreign and 
other exhibitions have been held here. 

Horticultural Hall. — Tremont street, between Montgomery 
place and Bromficld street. Dedicated in 1865. Used for floral 
exhibitions, concerts, and entertainments of various kinds. 

Union Hall. — Young Men's Christian Union, Boylston 
street. Good stage for private theatricals. Seating capacity, 
522. 

Parker Memorial Hall. Corner of Berkeley and Appleton 
streets. First floor used by the Parker Fraternity. Seating 
capacity, 850. 

Paine Memorial Hall. — Appleton street, between Tremont 
and Berkeley. Seating capacity, 800. Investigator Hall, in 
the same building, has accommodation for about GOO persons. 

^A/'esleyan Hall. — Bromfield street. Now used by the 
Boylston Club for rehearsals. Will seat about 300. 

Hawthorne Rooms. — Park street. So named in honor of 
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Will seat 250. Chiefly used for morn- 
ing lectures and evening entertainments of a high class. 

The Turnhalle. — In the Turnverein Building, Middlesex 
street. Seating capacity, 500. 

Faneuil Hall. — Enlarged to its present size in 1805. Is 
well known by the title of " Cradle of Liberty," and is used 



DIRECTORY. 



chiefly for political meetings, or great public gatherings. There 
are no seats on the main floor, and only a few in the galleries, 
for ladies. The use of the hall is granted for such meetings as 
the city approves, and, although no rent is charged, the 
expenses are paid by those using the hall. 

Other Halls. — Papanti's, 23 Tremont street, where many 
famous dinners have taken place ; now used mostly for dancing. 
Nassau Hall, corner Washington and Nassau streets ; used by 
various religious sects. Hospitaller Hall, 712 Washington 
street, which, together with Codman Hall, 176 Tremont street, 
is frequented largely by both labor and secret org:inizations. 
John A. Andrew Hall, corner of Essex and Chauncy streets ; 
used chiefly for political and trades' meetings. Concord Hall, 
corner of Washington and Concord streets ; Pilgrim Hall, cor- 
ner of Beacon and Somerset streets ; Bacon's Hall, 2185 Wash- 
ington street ; Highland Hall, 191 Warren street; Curtis Hall, 
Jamaica Plain. In the Charlestown District there are the fol- 
lowing : Monument Hall, Main street; City Hall, City square; 
Congress Hall, Main street; Freemasons' Hall, Thompson's 
square; Harvard Hall, Bow street; Ivanhoe Hall, Main street; 
Odd Fellows' Hall, Main street; Waverley Hall, City square; 
Wiuthrop Hall, Main street. East Boston has Lyceum Hall, 
Maverick square; Webster Hall, Webster street; whiio the 
most prominent in South Boston is Wait's Hall, Broadway. 

LIBRARIES. 

Boston Public Library. — Bolyston street, opposite the 
Common. On the second floor is Bates Hall. Total number of 
books, 425,000. 



DIRECTORY. 



Boston Athenaeum. — Beacon street. Librarian, Charles A. 
Cutter; President, Samuel Eliot. 

Massachusetts Historical Society. — Founded in 1791, and 
now located on Tremont street. Librarian, Dr. Samuel A. 
Green. 

State Library of Massachusetts. — State House. Estab- 
lished in 1826. Librarian, C. B. Tillinghast. 

Social Law Library. — Court-House, Court square. Incor- 
porated 1814. Librarian, F. W. Vauglian. 

Boston Medical Library Association. — No. 19 Boylston 
street. Founded in 1875. Dr. James R. Chadwick is librarian. 

Congregational Library. — Free to all for consultation. 
Beacon street, corner of Somerset. 

General Theological Library. — No. 12 West street. Insti- 
tuted 1860. Rev. Luther Farnham, librarian. 

Boston Library Society. — No. 18 Boylston place : founded 
in 1794. 

Other Libraries. — American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 
10^ Beacon; American Baptist Missionary Union, Tremont 
Temple; Boston University Law, 36 Bromfield street; Berwick 
Library, Hotel Berwick; Loring's, 542 Washington; Toll Gate 
Circulating, 661 East Broadway. 



MARKETS. 

Faneuil Hall Market. — Built in 1742, by Peter Faneuil, and 
presented by him to the city. 



DIRECTORY. 77 



Quincy Market. — Built in 1826; two stories high, 535 feet 
long, and covering 27,000 feet of land. The cost of the 
market, land, and street, and other improvements, was 
$1,141,272. 

Boylston Market. — Corner of Boylston and Washington 
streets. Built in 1810, and extended in 1859. 

Other Markets. — Blackstone, onBlackstone street ; Williams, 
corner Washington and Dover streets ; Washington, 1883 
Washington street ; Suffolk, corner of Portland and Sudbury 
streets ; Central, 50 North street ; Clinton, 106 South Market 
street ; Lakeman, Blackstone, corner North street ; St. Charles, 
corner Beach and Lincoln streets ; and the Union, 15 to 17 
Washington street. 



KAVY YARD, CHARLESTOWN. 

The United States Navy Yard entrance is at the corner of 
Wai)ping and Water streets, Charlestown. Commodore, Oscar 
C. Badger; captain of yard, Ralph L. Chandler; pay director, 
Augustus H. Gilman ; paymaster, John F. Tarbell ; surgeon, 
George F. Winslow ; cha]3lain, Edward W. Rawson ; admiral's 
secretary, J. W. Hudson ; naval constructor, Thomas E. Webb ; 
chief engineer, E. D. Robie ; captain of equipment department, 
Edward P. Lull ; civil engineer yard and docks department, 
U. S. G. White ; lieutenant-commander ordnance department, 
G. F. F. Wilde ; commander navigation department, Charles 
V. Gridley ; captain naval rendezvous on board receiving-ship 
*' Wabash," Francis M. Bunce ; commanding-lieutenant marine 
barracks, CD. Hebb. 



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NEWSPAPEilS. 

Boston has, at present, 9 daily papers, 4 semi-weekly, 63 
■weekly, 5 Sunday, 4 fortnightly, 93 monthly, 10 quarterlies, 
and numerous annuals. Amongst the most prominent are : — • 

The Daily Advertiser, 2iQ and 2-18 Washington street ; Re- 
publican, 4c. 

Evening Transcript, corner of Milk and Washington streets; 
Independent Kepublican, 3c. 

Boston Post, 17 Milk street; Democratic, 3c. 

Boston Journal, 24G Washington street; Republican, 2c". 

Evening Traveller, 31 State street; Republican, 3c. 

Boston Iltrald, 255 Washington street ; Neutral, 2c. A Sun- 
day edition is also published, price, 5c. 

Boston Globe, 23G and 238 Washington street; Democratic, 
2c. Sunday edition, 5c. 

Evening Star, 332 Washington street; Independent, Ic. 



PARKS, SQUARES, STATUES, Etc. 

The Common, of course, ranks first and foremost in the 
minds and liearts of all Bostonians. There are five malls, or 
broad walks, bordered with noble trees, known as Tremont, 
Park, Beacon, Charles, and Boylston-street malls, which, in 
pleasant weather, are all crowded witli pedestrians. 

The Public Gardens. — Situated on the south side of the Com- 
mon, from which they are divided by Charles street. A hundred 



DIRECTORY. 81 

years ago the place -was only a marsh, and the beautifying of it 
has been accomplished within the last fifteen years. The objects 
of interest located there are well known, and do not need to be 
enumerated. 

Other Parks. — Franklin, on the east side of AYashington 
street, bounded by James, East Brookline, and East Newton ; 
Blackstone, on the opposite side of Washington street ; Worces- 
ter square, on Worcester street ; Chester park, on Chester-park 
streets, both east and west; Montgomery square, at the junction 
of Tremont, Clarendon, and Montgomery streets; Thomas 
park, Telegraph hill. South Boston ; Independence square, 
Broadway, corner of Second street; Lincoln square, Fourth 
and M streets. South Boston. In East Boston there are Central, 
Belmont, Putnam, Prescott, and Maverick squares. 

Following is a list of the most prominent statues, and their 
locations: Washington on horseback. Public Gardens; Daniel 
Webster, State-House grounds; Horace Mann, State-House; 
Alexander Hamilton, Commonwealth ;ivenue ; Edward Everett, 
Public Gardens ; John Glover, Commohwcalth avenue ; Aristides 
and Columbus, Louisburg square; Benjamin Franklin, City 
Hiill grounds; Ether Monument, Public Gardens; Army and 
Navy Monument, Flagstaff hill. Common; Bunker Hill monu- 
ment. Breed's hill, Charlestown; Harvard Monument, near the 
old State Prison, Charlestown ; Soldiers and Sailors' Monument, 
Winthrop square, Charlestown ; Charles Sumner, Public 
Gardens; Josiah Quincy, City Hall; Ivnancipation Group, Park 
square; Samuel Adams, Xew Washington street; Gov. 
Winthrop, Scollay square ; and Col. Wm. Prescott, in front of 
Bunker Plill Monument, etc. 



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POST-OFFICE. 
Devonshire, betweex Water and Milk Streets. 

Daily Mail Arrangements. 
Mails Close at Main Office, 

Southern, 8^ and 12 m., 3i, 5k, and 9.^ p.m. 

Albany, and on the route, 4, 7^, and 10 a.m., and 5 p.m. 

Western, 7h a.m., 5 and 9^ p.m. 

Cape Cod, 7 a.m. and 3^ p.m. 

Northern mail, 7^ and 11 a.m., and 6 p.m. 

Foreign mail, via New York, day previous to sailing, at 7h p.m. 

Eastern, G-i, 11 2 a.m., 2^ and 6 p.m. 

Mails Due, 

Southern, 7.55 a.m., 2, 4.10, 6, 10, 8.50, and 10.45 p.m. 
Western, 9.37 a.m., 2.55 and 9.45 p.m. 
Eastern, G.^ a.m., 1.15, 4.55, and 8 p.m. 
Albany, 9.20 a.m., 2.55 and 9.45 p.m. 
Northern, 8.30 a.m., and G p.m. 
Cape Cod, 10.10 a.m., and 7.18 p.m. 

Canada East, close 7^ a.m. and 6 p.m. ; due, 8^ a.m., and G.IO 
p.m. Canada West, close 5 p.m. ; due, 9.37 a.m. 

Sujidatjs, 

A mail is made up on Sunday for Worcester, Springfield, 
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York City, and the South, and 
closes at 5 anjd 9.^ p-m. For Salem, Eoxbury, Brookline, Chel- 
sea, Cambridge, Cambridgeport, and Charlestown, at 7 a.m. 
Lynn, G.^ a.m. 



DIRECTORY. 8 "> 

Collection and Carriers' JJelivery, 

Letters are collected from street boxes at tlie hours marked 
upon them — 8.30, 11.30 a.m., 2.30, 6, and 8 p.m. Collected 
from boxes at Station A, Roxbury Station, and from all red 
boxes at 6.30, 7, 8, 8.30, 9.30, 10.30, 11, 11.30 a.m., 1, 2, 2.30, 
3.30, 4, o, 5.30, 6, 7, and 8 p.m. 

Sundays. — Collected from all boxes, 6 and 8 p.m. 

Midnight Boxes. — Sears' Building, Cambridge car-station, 
corner Tremont row and Pemberton square, corner Tremont 
street and Montgomery place, and Old South Church. 

There is no carriers' delivery on Sunday, but letters can be 
called for at the Carriers' Division between 9.30 and 10.30 a.m. 



RAILROAD DEPOTS IN BOSTON. 

Boston oc Providence. — Park square, near the lower end of 
the Common. 

Boston & Albany. — Corner of Kneeland and Lincoln streets. 

Boston & Maine. — Haymarket square, facing head of Wash- 
ington street. 

Old Cplony. — Kneeland, corner of South street. 

Revere Beach & Lynn. — Atlantic avenue, foot of High 
street. 

New York & New England. — Foot of Summer street, At- 
lantic avenue. 

Boston & Lowell, Eastern, and the Fitchburg. — All on 
Causeway street. 



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STEAMERS (COASTWISE). 

For Bangor and intermediate landings on the Penobscot 
river. — Boston & Bangor S.S. Co., steamers "Penobscot," 
"Katahdin," and "Cambridge," daily, at o p.m., from Lin- 
coln's wharf, 3G5 Commercial street. 

For Bath, Richmond, Gardiner, Hallowell, and Augusta. — 
Kennebec Steamboat Co., steamer " Star of the East," every 
Tuesday and Friday, at 6 p.m., from Central wharf, 244 Atlan- 
tic aA'enue. 

For Portland. — Steamers "John Brooks" and "Forest 
City," d.iily, April to September, at 7 p.m. ; September to 
April, at 5 p.m., from head of India Avharf, 288 Atlantic avenue. 

For Eastport, Calais, Me., St. John, N.B., Digby, Windsor, 
Halifax, N.S., and Charlottetown, P.E.I. —International S.S. 
Co., steamers " State of Maine," " Falmouth," and "City of 
Portland," Mondays and Thursday, at 8 a.m., from Commercial 
wharf. 

For Yarmouth, N.S. —Nova Scotia S.S. Co., Tuesdays, at 8 
a.m., from T wharf, 178 Atlantic avenue. 

For Halifax. — Steamers " Carroll " and "Worcester," Sat- 
urdays, at 12 m., from Nickerson's wharf, east end of Congress 
street. 

For Digby and Annapolis, N.S. — Nova Scotia S.S. Co., from 
T Avharf, Thursday, 8 a.m. 

For Nahant. — During the summer the steamer " Nahant," 
from foot of India Avharf. 

For Gloucester. — Steamer " City of Gloucester," daily (ex- 
cept Sunday), from June 1st to Oct. 1st, 2 p.m., Central wharf. 



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For Nantasket Beach, Hull, Pemberton, Downer Landing, 
and Strawberry Hill. — Boston & Hinghara Steamboat Co., 
steamers ''Rose Standish," "John Romer," "Nantasket," 
"Twilight." and "William Harrison," during the summer, 
from Rowe's wharf, 340 Atlantic avenue. 

For Hull, Downer Landing, and Hingham. — Hinghara, Hull, 
and Downer Landing Steamboat Co., steamer " Gov. Andrew," 
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 9 a.m., from Battery 
wharf, 379 Commercial street. 

For Provincetown. — Steamer " Longfellow," from Battery 
wharf, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 9 a.m. 



OCEAN STEAMERS. 

For Liverpool: Allen Line. — Agents, H. & A. Allen, 80 
State street. Cunard Line. — From Cunard wharf, E.B., every 
Saturday ; P. H. Du Vernet, agent, 99 State street. Warren 
Line. — Agents, Warren &, Co., 18 Post-office square. Leyland 
Line (weekly). — Agents, Thayer & Lincoln, 114 State street. 
Anchor Line. — Agents, Henderson Bros., 7 State street. 

For London : Furness Line. — Agents, J. B. Brigham & Co., 
38 Central street. 

For Hull, England: Wilson Line (fortnightly). — Agent, 
George W. Preston, 97 State street. 



THEATRES. 

Boston Theatre. — Opened Sept. 11, 1854; is the largest 
theatre in New England, and one of the best appointed in the 



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world. Entrance on Washington street. Prices, $1.50 to 25c. ; 
general admission, 50c. Business agent, H. A. M'Glenen. 

The Globe. — "Washington street, near the corner of Essex. 
Tiie original building, erected in 1867, was destroyed by lire in 
1873, the present structure being erected in the year following. 
Seating capacity, about 2,200. 

Boston Museum. — Tremont street. Erected in 1816, and 
justly renowned as being the home of William Warren, the 
favorite comedian. Seating capacity, 1,500. Prices, from $1 
to 35c. 

Park Theatre. —No. 617 and 619 Washington street. Pro- 
prietors and managers, Henry E. Abbey and John B. Schoeffel. 

Bijou Theatre. — Opened in December, 1882, on the site of 
the old Melodeon Hall. Seating capacity, about 1.000. 

Howard Athenaeum. — Howard street. Seating capacity, 
1,500. Prices, from $1 to 10c. 

Other Theatres. — Windsor, corner of Washington and 
Dover streets, G. E. Lothrop, manager; Halleck's " Alham- 
bra," South Boston Point, chiefly used in the summer; Dudley- 
Street Opera House, formerly Institute Hall, Koxbury District; 
Boylston Museum, Washington, near Boylston street; Oakland 
Gardens, Blue Hill avenue, Roxbury District, on the line of 
the Highland Street Railroad. 



TELEGRAPH OFFICES. 

American Rapid Telegraph Co. — 46 Devonshire, 110 
High, 105 Summer, 31 Commercial wharf, 736 and 1615 Wash- 
ington, 7 Merchants' Row, 6 Berkeley, and 33 Milk. 



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District Telegraph Co. —31 State, 15 Commercial, 204 Con- 
gress, 12 Worcester, Brimmer and Chestnut streets, and Hotel 
Brunswick. 

Gold and Stock Telegraph Co. — 7 Merchants' Exchange. 

Mutual District Messenger Co. — Old State House, 623 and 
1349 Washington street, Parker House, 77 Milk, 38 Broad, and 
109 Atlantic avenue. 

Mutual Union Telegraph Co. —77 Milk, 38 Broad, and 20 
Equitable Building. 

Western Union Telegraph Co. — 109 State, Merchants' Ex- 
change, Post-office, 31 State, 79 Bedford, Old State House, 15 
Commercial, 23 Commercial wharf, 22 Devonshire, 9 City 
square (Charlestown ), 12 Worcester, 378 West Broadway, 10 
Meridian, 204 Congress, Produce Exchange, 76 Commercial, 
625, 1349, and 2350 Washington street, G8 and 106 *Chauncy, 
Kiverside, Mattapan, and at all the hotels and depots. 



